barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Finucane recap - Three state agents involved in murder of Pat Finucane. Brian Nelson (British Military Intelligence) admitted targeting solicitor, Billy Stobie (RUC Special Branch) admitted providing murder weapon, Ken Barret (RUC Special Branch) admitted carrying out murder. 066
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Public Inquiry into murder of Pat Finucane will reopen today with Inquiry counsel Matthew Hill outlining open source material about what is already known about allegations of state collusion in the Belfast solicitor's 1989 murder. #FinucaneInquiry #detail.tv 078
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Public Inquiry into murder of Pat Finucane will reopen today with Inquiry counsel Matthew Hill outlining open source material about what is already known about allegations of state collusion in the Belfast solicitor's 1989 murder. #FinucaneInquiry #detail.tv 010
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 13/08/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comIsraeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homesSettlers and soldiers cut off water and electricity to homes, and block medical care in campaign of terror 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 31/07/2026www.thedetail.tv/articles/jou...thedetail.tvJournalists warn against PSNI chief's offers amid spying allegationsTheir warning follows the latest revelations that the PSNI spied on former BBC journalists Barney Rowan and Vincent Kearney in 2006 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 08/07/2026thedetail.tv/articles/rev... important pièce by aspiring new investigative reporter Eve O’Neill under the good guidance of Luke Butterly #thedetail.tvthedetail.tvRevealed: Hundreds of tonnes of asbestos found across 224 locations in NI since 2018Around 120 tonnes of asbestos was removed from a controversial bonfire site in Belfast 010
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 21/06/2026A hugely important piece of research on how the media should accurately and fairly report on new communities www.raised-voices.co.uk/reporting-gu...raised-voices.co.ukReporting on asylum seekers, refugees and migration guidelinesGuidelines for the Northern Ireland media 001
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 16/06/2026www.rte.ie/culture/2026...rte.ie55 Irish movie classics available to watch free onlineLooking for a good movie to watch tonight? Right now, you can stream a variety of Irish screen classics old and new via the RTÉ Player and TG4 Player - and they're all free! 000
Reposted by @barrybelfast70.bsky.socialLouth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 13/06/2026💚👌🏼 RTÉ News: Thousands attend anti-racism rally in Belfast www.rte.ie/news/ulster/...rte.ieThousands attend anti-racism rally in BelfastAround 5,000 people have attended an anti-racism rally in Belfast city centre following days of unrest provoked by a knife attack earlier this week. 094
Reposted by @barrybelfast70.bsky.socialLiam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Belfast anti racism rally today, massive crowd. Nó pasaran! 241409348
Reposted by @barrybelfast70.bsky.socialEnd Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Absolutely huge crowds in Belfast to reject the far-right, paramilitarism, racism and border violence. A loud message to the politicians who pandered to violent paramilitary groups this week 7360221415
Reposted by @barrybelfast70.bsky.socialColman O'Sullivan @colmanos.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Thousands have turned out for an Anti-Racism rally in Belfast city centre, organised by United Against Racism and supported by Trade Unions 168147173529
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 12/06/202610 years on from his historic collusion report into the Loughinisland Massacre. Dr Michael Maguire this evening joins victims families for Q&A with Trevor Birney before screening of No Stone unturned 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Brilliant to listen to Kevin rowlands talk so honestly about his life and music tonight at St Comghalls as first event of Feile. 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Will British government and PSNI really decommission the 3Ds? Finucane Inquiry will be the test! www.thedetail.tv/articles/fin...thedetail.tvFinucane Inquiry opens amid promises of full state cooperationThe inquiry will now not sit again until September 010
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 10/06/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘It was so terrifying’: care workers tell of being trapped at home by Belfast mobSumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot feared they would be next as fires took hold of neighbouring houses 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Geraldine Finucane arrives at the public inquiry into her husband's murder. She says that after more than 37 years of waiting she hopes there will be no more delays @thedetailtv.bsky.social 044
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 10/06/2026www.thedetail.tv/articles/pat...thedetail.tvPat Finucane public inquiry formally opens after 37-year campaign for answersBut full evidential hearings are not anticipated until Spring 2027 010
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 09/06/2026www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...irishtimes.comMy brother’s suicide: ‘The almost unbearable guilt of having had a row last time I saw him’I know this doesn’t make any sense... where you envisage things you can change, long after the disaster has happened 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 31/05/2026www.irishnews.com/news/norther...irishnews.com‘It’s the blood that runs through my veins’: Filmmaker and director Trevor Birney on Bobby Sands, Kneecap and the Cannes Film FestivalFermanagh-born Trevor Birney tells his former boss at the Impartial Reporter, Denzil McDaniel, about his drive to tell stories that tell uncomfortable truths 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 26/05/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comUK security services helped devise act that gave amnesty over Troubles killingsRevelation that policing and state agency figures were in secret policymaking group angers victims’ groups 0146
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 24/05/2026queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Tradqueensfilmtheatre.comTrad showing at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast.Winner of the audience award at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh, Trad is a hugely entertaining celebration of Irish music, written and directed by Lance Daly (Kisses, Black ’47). 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Loving Ryan Young's new album produced by Martin Hayes. Two of the best modern day fiddlers 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 21/05/2026www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comYou can spray that again! New York drenched in colour – in picturesHarry Gruyaert’s vibrant photographs of the Big Apple are bursting with energy – from kids letting off fire hydrants to yellow cabs zooming by in a blur 010
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 13/05/2026www.thedetail.tv/articles/psn...thedetail.tvPSNI made no child exploitation referrals after Ballymena riots despite internal concernsA third of those arrested in Ballymena and other towns last year were children 011
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Saturday morning sport in Sénégal 020
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 08/05/2026music.apple.com/gb/album/tel...music.apple.comTell Your Mother I Saved Your Life by Rua Rí on Apple MusicAlbum · 2026 · 10 Songs 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 03/05/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.com‘Go inside, he will kill you’: Israeli militants step up West Bank school attacksEducation is being targeted across Palestine, with the murder of 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan only the latest in a spree of violence 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 02/05/2026www.rte.ie/news/middle-...rte.ieLebanon says 13 killed in Israeli strikes on southLebanon's health ministry has said 13 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in the south, including in a town where Israel's army had issued an evacuation order despite a ceasefire. 011
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 02/05/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comAustralian activists released in Crete allege mistreatment by Israeli forces who intercepted Gaza flotillaZack Schofield among 175 activists taken by Israel from ships attempting to transport aid to Gaza 021
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 24/04/2026ereader.irishnews.com/2026/04/23/w...ereader.irishnews.comWhy traditional music fans are mad about Madden’s , the Belfast bar with sessions 7 nights a weekRobert McMillen speaks to Brian ‘Bamber’ McMullan about transforming Belfast city centre pub Madden’s into a hub for trad musicians 010
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 23/04/2026www.theguardian.com/uktheguardian.comLatest news, sport and opinion from the GuardianLatest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Classic line in Noel Doran’s Irish News column today… keep the noise down 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 29/03/2026www.irishbookawards.ie/20th-anniver...irishbookawards.ie20th Anniversary - Irish Book Awards20 Years of Unforgettable Irish Stories For two decades, the Irish Book Awards have celebrated the stories that moved us, challenged us, comforted us and stayed with us long after the final page. Now,... 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 22/03/2026@virginmedia are a joke. They cut off my broadband wven though they assured me last week they wouldnt. I go to virgin store and staff tell me theres nothing they can do. What a bunch of cowboys 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 14/03/2026youtu.be/WzdsYgj8P04?... loving Madradh Salachyoutu.beNext Door Sessions: Madra SalachYouTube video by Next Door Records 010
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Does anyone have any contact for law professor Dermot Walsh formerly of Limerick and Kent universities 002
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 06/03/2026thedetail.tv/articles/psn...thedetail.tvPSNI challenged on claim that journalists were not treated as criminal suspectsMr Boutcher said politicians and the media had continued to ‘misinterpret’ revelations emerging from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 17/02/2026www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comPints, prayers and horse racing on the beach: Martin Parr in rural Ireland – in picturesThe iconic photographer believed his two years shooting horse fairs, pubs and dance halls in the 1980s had been overlooked. A new exhibition aims to put that right 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 04/02/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comPro-gun groups quickly rallied for Alex Pretti. Why didn’t they do the same for a Black gun owner?Philando Castile, a lawful gun owner, was shot and killed by a police officer in 2016 – gun rights groups were largely silent 010
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 29/01/2026www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...irishtimes.comAmhráin do mo Mháthair review: Reminder of how music can express emotions words cannotTelevision: Raw and mournful documentary reflects emotions of Pauline Scanlon and her mother, who was forced to give up her first child for adoption 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Never seen Lagan flooding so bad at Drumbo 010
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 27/01/2026www.irishnews.com/news/politic...irishnews.comFor God and Israel: What lies behind unionism’s affiliation with Zionism?John Manley delves into unionism’s enduring support for Israel 000
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 26/01/2026www.irishnews.com/news/world/d...irishnews.comDonald Trump’s very own Black and Tans are out of controlAmnesty International's Patrick Corrigan on Donald Trump's very own Black and Tans 021
barrybelfast70.bsky.social @barrybelfast70.bsky.social · 26/01/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMurder and MI5: the extraordinary battle over what stays secretCan the state, especially when it is implicated in killing, be trusted as the arbiter of what should remain confidential? 000